Incubus' Sound


toolfreak001
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02/20/2003 2:55 pm
I'm attempting to emulate the Incubus guitarist's sound. His distortion is fairly simple, and I think I've got that down. Could use a little tweaking, but it'll do.

My big issue is his clean tone. He obviously love's phaser and delay, but I can never really get down what he has or how he uses it. It could be my guitar, it could be my pickups, it could be my effects/settings, but I'd like to know. Does anyone know what he uses/how he uses it?

Would be very helpful, thanks.


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02/20/2003 10:52 pm
But would he use two phasers in a row?
The world is loaded, it's lit to pop, nobody is gonna stop!
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02/22/2003 8:37 am
:D
Sure he is.
But what's the point?
Maybe in a song he uses twice the phaser w/ different settings and he does not want to bend down and tweak the knobs.
Or?
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02/25/2003 2:04 am
Using what I had available to me, I discovered what sounds a lot like that delay/dist/phase thing Incubus does (such as in the beginning of “Nice to Know You”, “Warning”, “Pardon Me”, etc.)

I use a Behringer combo and have a Korg Toneworks effects pedal. So, my variables are kind of screwed up, but I put them into fractions. So, if you have a need for this effect, feel free to do the math and set your equipment for it.

I used my CLEAN effect on the Toneworks pedal with a PHASER. The speed of the phaser is 14/30. My clean tone consists of:

COMPRESSION: 5/30
LOW: 14/15
MID FREQUENCY: 3/3
MID: 5/15
HIGH: 15/15

I then used the effects on my Behringer on top of this. These go as follows:

OVERDRIVE: 4/10
MORPHING: 2/10 (You may not have this option based on your amp. Some tweaking may be needed if not)

MID BOOST: On (once again, you may not have this option)
PRESENCE: 10/10
BASS: 10/10
MID: 10/10
TREBLE: 10/10
DELAY - Speed: 35/63
Decay: 35/63
Clarity: 50/50

I set my pickup at the middle single-coil. That seems work best for this effect and my guitar, but, as your's may be different, you may wish to do something else.

Later!
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07/15/2004 6:17 pm
Mike usually uses Boss Pedals... ( use... the Boss Flanger BF-3 and a Boss Digital Delay to get the "incubus sound"
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07/16/2004 12:10 pm
Speaking of INcubus, would you happen to have the tab for drive. The tab I've found on the net doesn't sound right(or maybe I don't play it right). I really dig that song, the sound, the lyrics, pretty much everything.
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07/26/2004 1:24 am
I've got both of their tab books, besides their newest.
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